Knockemout Series, Book 2
From the publisher:
New York Times and USA Today bestselling author Lucy Score returns to Knockemout, Virginia, following fan-favorite Things We Never Got Over with Knox’s brother Nash’s story.
Nash Morgan was always known as the good Morgan brother, with a smile and a wink for everyone. But now, this chief of police is recovering from being shot and his Southern charm has been overshadowed by panic attacks and nightmares. He feels like a broody shell of the man he once was. Nash isn’t about to let anyone in his life know he’s struggling. But his new next-door neighbor, smart and sexy Lina, sees his shadows. As a rule, she’s not a fan of physical contact unless she initiates it, but for some reason Nash’s touch is different. He feels it too. The physical connection between them is incendiary, grounding him and making her wonder if exploring it is worth the risk.
Too bad Lina’s got secrets of her own, and if Nash finds out the real reason she’s in town, he’ll never forgive her. Besides, she doesn’t do relationships. Ever. A hot, short-term fling with a local cop? Absolutely. Sign her up. A relationship with a man who expects her to plant roots? No freaking way. Once she gets what she’s after, she has no intention of sticking around. But Knockemout has a way of getting under people’s skin. And once Nash decides to make Lina his, he’s not about to be dissuaded…even if it means facing the danger that nearly killed him.
Book 1: Things We Never Got Over
Book 2: Things We Hide from the Light
Book 3: Things We Left Behind
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Being me, I started reading this series with book 3 (the last book?) and I liked it so much that I immediately sought out the first two books. I’m happy to say it didn’t ruin things at all that I read the last book first; these books can easily stand alone, and I highly recommend this series.
Book 2 centers around the local sheriff, Nash, in this small town outside of Washington D.C. Nash generally spends most of his time breaking up fights and giving out tickets. But on a traffic stop, he gets shot at point-blank range. Luckily, he survives but he finds himself spiraling into a severe depression, and even more fun, he’s having panic attacks. He also can’t remember anything from that night, including who the shooter was. He doesn’t tell anyone about the depression and hides it as well as he can, but he has a new neighbor, Lina, and she finds him on the floor mid-panic attack.
Lina has her own issues, and she is quite familiar with these types of attacks. She gets him into his apartment, and they both find themselves strongly attracted to one another. For some reason, Lina’s touch grounds Nash, makes him feel more like himself. Plus she’s hot as hell, and he can’t stop thinking about her. Lina thinks he’s hot as hell, too, and wouldn’t mind a brief fling.
Lina’s been in town for a few weeks, and all anyone really knows about her is that she works in insurance. What she really does is locate missing property, a sometimes dangerous job that is best kept secret. She also has no room in her life for relationships; she’s a one-night stand sort of girl, and that works for her. Until she meets Nash. She fights it every step of the way, and he’s fine with that – until he starts coming back to himself. He’s always been a traditional kind of guy, wanting the wife, the home, the white picket fence, the kids. But Lina is scared to death of domesticity.
As Nash tries to remember who shot him and Lina keeps searching for the missing property, their paths keep crossing and their attraction cannot be denied. There is quite a bit of suspense here, and the romance sizzles. This is another terrific entry into this series. Highly recommend!
1/2024 Stacy Alesi, AKA the BookBitch
THINGS WE HIDE FROM THE LIGHT by Lucy Score. Bloom Books (February 21, 2023). ISBN: 978-1728276113. 592p.
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